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part we do not think it is, for we have seen beets kept 

 many months with all their leaves.^ 



Too mnch care cannot be taken to prevent all bruises, 

 each of which causes a loss of sugar and renders the 

 preservation more difficult; when these bruises result 

 from the careless manner in which they are thrown into 

 the carts to be hauled to the factory they have but little 

 importance, as fermentation has not then had time to 

 set in. Care should be taken that the least ripe should 

 be sent first, as these are more likely to undergo changes 

 than when in a perfectly matured state. 



In America it will be necessary not only to carry 

 the roots required for that day's work, but also the 

 entire crop, as the construction of silos on the ground 

 where the cultivation has taken place, and where during 

 the winter months in the l^orthern States the snow 

 attains a height of several feet, would not be wise. A 

 plan, if financially practical, which we consider would 

 be the best, consists in having a number of baskets of 

 a given capacity; these should be bought by the farmers 

 and manufacturers, and in this way more care would be 

 taken of them. The beets should be carefully placed 

 in these baskets, after which on carts to be drawn in a 

 direction not far distant from the factory.^ 



Now compare the injury done by this and the old 

 method : 1st, bruising when the beets ai'e thrown on 



■ See Chapter "Leaves of the Sugar Beet." 

 * See Chapter "Preservation of the Beet." 



